Chapter 24: Camp in the middle of the night

Chen Kefu was surprised after Yu Wenhua and the carriage he got on. The carriage looked a little ordinary, but after he actually went in, he realized how magnificent the car was, and it could even be described as luxurious.

The space inside the carriage is very wide, and it can be used as a small reception room. Chen Kefu probably can only sit here and play a table of mahjong together. Not only that, there is a tiger skin mat on the wooden board in the carriage. Chen Kefu sat cross-legged and found that there is a feather mat under the tiger skin. Think about Yu Culture and a Taipu Temple Shaoqing who is in charge of carriages and horses across the country, this guy really knows how to use power for personal gain.

A big man didn't ride a horse but was riding a carriage on the battlefield. Fortunately, he was the son of a general, and he was even more a guy who managed the national horse politics. However, this "flirtatious young man" would not feel embarrassed at all. At this time, this guy was across from Chen Kefu, with red and green beside him, and two beautiful women were sitting around him.

Yu Wenhua took a bottle of wine from the maid next to him, and poured the wine for Chen Kefu in an elegant manner. Looking at the fishy red wine, he immediately smelled it. This was the grape wine from Persia.

Seeing Yu Wen and this famous playboy so enthusiastically approaching him, Chen Kefu understood his meaning a little, probably because he wanted to pull himself to their Yuwen family. Although it was the Sui Dynasty thousands of years ago, it was the same as the workplace of his descendants. There were people in the place where there were people, and officials had to face politics. Whether it was playing politics or getting involved in the workplace, the first and most important thing was to take sides, which was more important than everything else.

According to the military background, he was from Zuo Yiwei, which was originally a subordinate of Yuwen Shu. It can be said that he had been marked by the Yuwen family from the beginning. Now Yuwen Culture and what he has done also confirm this. Thinking about it, although he has not been in this era for a long time, he is already a little entangled with the Yuwen family. When he first established the Pojun Camp, Yuwen Shu gave a lot of support. It can be said that without his support, he would not have been able to have the Pojun Camp full of elite soldiers in a hundred battles.

Especially Huang Ying told him that the disputes between Yang Guang's tent and the ministers had had in the rewards a few days ago. Yuwen Shu was fully supported by himself that day. Now it is estimated that not only Yuwen Shu regards him as a member of the Yuwen clan, but also everyone else has automatically helped him stand in the team. Now, others have already helped him choose a camp, and he cannot express any opinions.

Yu Wenhe poured a glass of wine for Chen Kefu and said with a smile, "Brother Pojun, do you know how difficult it is to come today? My old man had a big argument with the Pei family about this matter. Otherwise, you might be the Jinzi Guanglu doctor who has no real power today. How could you have the position of the fourth-rank general of Zhe Chonglang?" As he said that, Yu Wenhe proudly told Chen Kefu about the situation that day.

However, Chen Kefu had already heard Huang Ying tell him about this, and Yu Wen and what he said were obviously an exaggeration. If Chen Kefu didn't know, he would even think that if his old man hadn't come forward that day, then he might not have wanted to be promoted this time, and even the real power in his hands would have been taken away by the Pei family.

After knowing, Chen Kefu still pretended to be very grateful to Yu Wen and said, "Mr. Yu Wen is so kind to be a humble position. He will never forget his humble position. In the future, Lord Yu Wen will be driven away, so he will definitely not refuse." Chen Kefu sighed in his heart. Now he has entered the circle of a treacherous minister, but he doesn't know how to write history books in the future. But at this time he has no way to think about those things. The Pei family dislikes him, and others don't like him. If the Yu Wen family shows kindness to him like this and he refuses, then the anger of the Yu Wen family, who is angry and embarrassed, will not be able to bear it at all.

Although Yu Wenhua and historians commented that he was a greedy and lustful person, but incompetent and fearless person, staying in a clan like the Yuwen family is naturally familiar with these circles. He is not good at letting him lead troops to fight, but he is still very good at letting him win over people.

Holding up the wine glass in his hand, Yu Wenhe smiled and said, "Brother Pojun, please rest assured. My Yuwen family will definitely live up to those brothers who are advancing and retreating with my Yuwen family. With my Yuwen family here in the future, I will definitely share wealth with the general. Come, such a good wine, you and I will be brothers in the future. Let's have a drink. There is really not much fun in this deserted and barbaric land. When you return to the capital in the future, whether it is Dongdu or Xijing, your brother will take you to open your eyes and enjoy this prosperous world."

Chen Kefu's lips curled up and he smiled slightly. Although he disliked Yu Wen and he had to say that if he was just a friend, such a person would be very suitable. Although Chen Kefu thought it was impossible to be with such a person for a long time, at this moment, if the Yuwen family helped him block the storm, he could better accumulate some capital in this troubled times.

After thinking that he had conquered Chen Kefu, the newly-risen general, Yu Wenyu was even happier and immediately became the playboy again. Sitting in the carriage, he kept boasting to Chen Kefu about the many fun things in the capital, such as which brothel is the head of the brothel is beautiful, which brothel is the best song sings by the clerk, etc.

Chen Kefu had to sit there patiently and deal with it. He had experienced such a scene more than before traveling through time. In modern society, most people have learned the trick of being thick-tongued. It is considered a slight connotation to deal with such small things.

A sound of horse hooves came from outside the carriage, and a loud voice came into the carriage, "General, it's too late, it's still far from Liaodong City. Should we camp here for the night?"

Hearing this voice, Chen Kefu finally felt relieved and smiled at Yu Wen and said, "I really feel that I met you too late today. But I am with military affairs. I say goodbye to Brother Yu Wen first. When I return to the capital tomorrow, I will definitely treat you as the host to invite me to have a drink."

Yuwen Shu smiled and said, "Brother Pojun, go quickly if you have military affairs. I won't delay you anymore. If you are useful, just shout."

After saying goodbye to Yu Wenji, Chen Kefu got off the carriage and took his green horse from Luolin and rode his horse forward. If the horse galloped from Xincheng to Liaodong City, he would arrive in one day. However, this time he went back not only with his three thousand cavalrymen, but also with nearly 100,000 prisoners and Goguryeo civilians. So many people were together, so they naturally couldn't get fast. After walking for a day, they had only been about halfway through.

When Chen Kefu rushed to Li Benlei and other lieutenants in front, Li Benlei had already passed the order to set up camp. Under the leadership of this old general, Pojunying camp set up camp to dig trenches, tree fences, put down deer antlers, and even surrounded the vehicles in the team into a large circle, surrounding the entire camp. At several camp gates, several tall trees were cut down and placed there, making a lookout whistle, and everything was done in a row.

While riding a horse, Chen Kefu kept greeting the soldiers of the broken military camp that he met. Every soldier who was called was very excited about the general's warm greeting.

He nodded to Li Benlei and said, "The veteran general's affairs really make me feel at ease. I have to take 3,000 prisoners and tens of thousands of Goguryeo civilians, as well as my nearly 10,000 people in the wild, and I have to be more vigilant. Although this area has been occupied by our army now, we have to be more careful. If there is really a Goguryeo people attacking the camp at night, if it causes panic, it will be a big trouble. If we accidentally leave our 3,000 people here."

"Don't worry, sir, although we only have 3,000 people, Lord Yuwen brought a thousand cavalry here, plus these more than 10,000 civilians, as long as we set up the camp, make the soldiers more vigilant and defend seriously, even if the Goguryeo people dare to come, they will never let them succeed." Li Benlei said in a deep voice.

The night gradually darkened, and piles of bonfires began to rise in the camp. The bonfires not only illuminated the entire camp, but also warmed the Goguryeo civilians and prisoners without tents. In the fire, the soldiers in the Pojun camp were responsible for the defense of the camp. The remaining civilians not only had to be responsible for cooking and other work, but also had to be responsible for guarding the Goguryeo people. As for the thousand cavalry in Yu Wenji, they were transferred by Chen Kefu to guard the more than 200,000 stones of grain. The entire place where the food was stored was in the middle of the camp, which was isolated by a thousand soldiers. Anyone who had not gotten close to this central area without Chen Kefu's handwriting would be killed. Chen Kefu and Li Benlei and other generals understood the importance of these foods. To a large extent, food was dominated by the victory or defeat of the war against Goguryeo.

According to Mr. Li Benlei, if he wanted to transport a truck of grain to the city of Liaodong, the civilians had to transport grain back and forth for several months. Every truckload of grain from the Central Plains to Liaodong, they would consume an average of 17 trucks of grain. This number made Chen Kefu extremely surprised. The millions of troops stayed in Liaodong for the first half of the year. The food consumed was originally an astronomical figure, and the loss of more than ten times was equivalent to half a year of food for more than 10 million people. The prosperous Sui Dynasty had only more than 40 million people. Such a war was indeed worthy of a waste of money and people were resentful.
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